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zhitoman · #11 06-16-2013, 09:05 PM

So what species of sunfish you guys catch in New Jersey?

saxmatt · #12 06-16-2013, 11:07 PM

Bluegill, pumpkinseed, redbreast and green. Green sunfish are a cool fish to put in a fish tank. I have one in mine right now. They have big mouths and will take down small shiners, kind of like oscars. When I worked for the DEP up in CT we had a green/pumpkin hybrid in a tank that was 12oz and it would take down 5" shiners...thing was a badass!

Fin Reaper · #13 06-17-2013, 06:59 PM

Grew up on lake Musconetcong, waaay back in the Port Morris section we usta catch what we called Rock Bass. Kinda looked like a cross between a smallmouth and a sunfish with a red eye...sound familiar? never really knew what they were but they were a awful lot of fun to catch.

Fish n Jeep · #14 06-18-2013, 09:13 AM

Rock bass are also known as goggle-eye, I think. I've caught a few over the years, they are fun.

NJ219bands · #15 06-18-2013, 02:23 PM

I caught 106 warmouth in a small pond in Central NJ this year including 22 in one day. The longest that I ever caught there was 10". I applied for a NJ Skillful Angler Catch and Release Sunfish Award but was rejected because the biologist said that my fish was a warmouth, not a green sunfish. NJ Fresh Water Fish Biologists are very good. I'll try to post a pic of my catch of warmouth and a green sunfish. http://s865.photobucket.com/user/NJ2...ml?sort=3&o=24

acabtp · #16 06-18-2013, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by NJ219bands

I caught 106 warmouth in a small pond in Central NJ this year including 22 in one day. The longest that I ever caught there was 10". I applied for a NJ Skillful Angler Catch and Release Sunfish Award but was rejected because the biologist said that my fish was a warmouth, not a green sunfish. NJ Fresh Water Fish Biologists are very good. I'll try to post a pic of my catch of warmouth and a green sunfish. http://s865.photobucket.com/user/NJ2...ml?sort=3&o=24

yeah, those are definitely not like anything that belongs here... some bucket biologist must have introduced them to that pond.

catch and keep as many as you can before they spread to other waters. what does that pond drain into?

acabtp · #17 06-18-2013, 02:46 PM

just looked on a map where that is and i guess it's not that surprising, there are all sorts of invasives in the Big D these days... sigh...

Fish n Jeep · #18 06-18-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by acabtp

just looked on a map where that is and i guess it's not that surprising, there are all sorts of invasives in the Big D these days... sigh...

Sure would be nice if the snakeheads and flathead catfish would eat those.